by Agency Reporter | Jul 16, 2024 | Briefing
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on the new Government of the United Kingdom to take measures to uphold the right to seek asylum and better protect refugees in the UK and globally. In a paper released on 12 July, the agency outlines five priority actions...
by Staff Writer | Jul 15, 2024 | Briefing
INSPECTORS on an unannounced visit to Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) near Heathrow found the worst conditions they have seen in immigration detention. Much of the accommodation was decrepit, violence and other unacceptable behaviour such as drug use...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 14, 2024 | Briefing
SHIP visiting charity Stella Maris is extending its operations in East Africa with the opening of a new operation in the port city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to support seafarers and fishing communities. Stella Maris Tanzania was officially inaugurated on June 28 at...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 13, 2024 | Briefing
TODAY (Saturday 13 July), activists from the Lakenheath Alliance for Peace (LAP) will begin a three-day walk and cycle from Norwich to establish an international peace camp at the US-controlled RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. The camp will maintain a presence from Monday...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 13, 2024 | Briefing
QUAKERS iN BRITAIN have pledged to work with the new government and opposition parties to restore trust in our democracy. Along with work on climate justice, peace and migration, Quakers are focusing on the threats to UK democracy posed by the behaviour of some...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 12, 2024 | Briefing
NEW RESEARCH shows that 43 per cent of parents are worried that the cost of the summer holidays and/or preparing their children to go back to school after the summer holiday will put them in financial difficulty. Worryingly, 13 per cent of parents reported being very...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 12, 2024 | Briefing
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is calling on the new UK Government to urgently rethink how protest and freedom of expression could be championed and protected across the country. The call coincides with Amnesty’s new report, Under-protected and over-restricted: The state of...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 11, 2024 | Briefing
THE HOWARD LEAGUE for Penal Reform has published a new briefing, offering the Labour government a range of policy options that could deliver a lasting solution to the prison capacity crisis. The 19-page document, Grasping the nettle, sets out the need for decisive...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 11, 2024 | Briefing
PUBLIC POLICY needs to address the root causes of rising levels of poverty, the General Synod heard on 8 July, in a debate where members voted to express concern over increasing levels of dependence on food banks. Synod members noted the “major...
by Agency Reporter | Jul 10, 2024 | Briefing
WORLD Council of Churches General Secretary. the Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay has strongly condemned recent attacks on the Sacred Family School in Gaza, which is being used as a shelter for civilian refugees. “This egregious act against a place of refuge and safety for...
